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#E68340

#e68340 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e68340 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 51.37% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 43.04% magenta, 72.17% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 24.22°, with 76.85% saturation and 57.65% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 4.1.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.3343

Complementary

  1. #e68340
  2. #40a3e6

Split complementary

  1. #e68340
  2. #40e6d6
  3. #4050e6

Analogous

  1. #e64050
  2. #e68340
  3. #e6d640

Triadic

  1. #e68340
  2. #40e683
  3. #8340e6

Tetradic

  1. #e68340
  2. #a3e640
  3. #40a3e6
  4. #8340e6

Square

  1. #e68340
  2. #50e640
  3. #40a3e6
  4. #d640e6

Monochromatic

  1. #7d3c10
  2. #c05d19
  3. #e68340
  4. #efaf84
  5. #f8dbc7

Shades

#e68340 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e68340
  2. #cf763a
  3. #b86933
  4. #a15c2d
  5. #8a4f26
  6. #734220
  7. #5c341a
  8. #452713
  9. #2e1a0d
  10. #170d06
  11. #000000

Tints

#e68340 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e68340
  2. #e98f53
  3. #eb9c66
  4. #eea879
  5. #f0b58c
  6. #f3c1a0
  7. #f5cdb3
  8. #f8dac6
  9. #fae6d9
  10. #fdf3ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e68340 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e68340
  2. #dc8346
  3. #d2824d
  4. #c78253
  5. #bd825a
  6. #b38260
  7. #a98166
  8. #9f816d
  9. #948173
  10. #8a807a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #be9381 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9f8f38 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a53f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fb6e74 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c08a3c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cc9940 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f37764 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e68340 {
  color: #e68340;
}
Background
.bg-e68340 {
  background-color: #e68340;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e68340 {
  border: 2px solid #e68340;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e68340;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 131 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 24 77% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e68340 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e68340, #e6d640);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e68340 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 131 64 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 4.10 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 4.72 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 5.16 #ff8243 Mango Tango ΔE 5.36 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 5.73 #cd853f Peru ΔE 6.48 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 6.52 #197cbf Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#e68340  rgb(230, 131, 64)  hsl(24, 77%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#40a3e6  rgb(64, 163, 230)  hsl(204, 77%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#40e683  rgb(64, 230, 131)  hsl(144, 77%, 58%)  Medium Spring Green
#8340e6  rgb(131, 64, 230)  hsl(264, 77%, 58%)  Blue Violet